Kitchen-cabinet.



J. S. MoQUlNN. KITCHEN CABINET.

APPLIOA'IION rum) NOV. 24, 1909.

' Patented Sept. 20,1910.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

J. S. MoQUlNN. KITCHEN CABINET.

APPLIOATION FILED nov. 24, 1908.

Patented Sept. 20, 1910.

w/ rlvesss sx a in kitchen UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES s. MQQUINN, or NEWCASTLE, INDIA A.

KITCHEN-CABINET.

vide artextension tabletop in which the entire table top is capable of being drawn I forward sufficiently in front of the base or lower part of the cabinet to enable the cook or housewife to sit, with comfort during the progress other work. Man kitchen cabinets are constructed with stationary tops and as the space withinthe underlying body is occupied with drawers and holding receptacles the erson working at the cabinet is compelled to stand because there is no leg room to accommodate one in a sitting position. I v

The object of my invention is to provide atop which will project in front and on both sides beyond its underlying base and to provide means for supporting a cabinet from the base and above said top whereby the extension or forward sliding of the top will be permitted;

curtain or molding at the edges of the The object alsoyis to provide a depending tension top which will fit snugly against the outer'surfaces' of the upper ends of the walls of the base on both sides and in front of the latter to prevent the warping or spa'cading of said base when the top is at its inner adjustment.

The object also is to provide stops where by the extension top will be arrested at its proper and predetermined inner arid outer positions, and to provide means for reloas ing said stops or engagements when it is desired to extend the top.

I accomplish the objects of the invention by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 1s a perspective view of a kitchen cabinet embodying my improvement; Fig. 2

' a detail in vertical section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 a detail in vertical section through the extension top and base of the cabinet; Fig. 4a detail in top plan view and "partial horizontal section of the extension ton, and Fig.'5 a detail in vertical section Specification of Letters Patent. Application tiled November 24, 19081 Patented Sept. 20, 1910. Serial No. 464,319.

of the ilt-up' top are'dovetailed together.

showing the manner in which the members u Like characters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views of the suitable form. 8 is a table to which rests upon and is supported by the ass 6 andin its lIlIlBI position which is shown cabinet top 7 is supported above t base 6' a distance sutlicient to allow the table top 8 to slide freel in the space thus provided. 9 are metal p ates, preferably aluminum attached to the base 6 and to the cabinet top 7, as by screws or nails, whereby the cabinet top 7 is securely and proper position above the base 6. The table top 8 is longer than the'base 6 and therefore projects beyond the ends of said base as is customary in the constructionof furniture, and in order to avoid interference with the plates 9, the latter are provided with acorrugation 10 opposite the edges of the table top. The front edge of the table top 8 also extends outwardly of or overhangs the base 6 in the usual manner which in the present invention serves an additional purpose of a hand-hold in taking hold of the top to draw it out. 4 7

The" front and side edges of the table top 8 are finished \vith'a molding .12, tho lower portion 13 of which extends below' the top 8 to form guides at-thr side edges of the top by contacting with'the-end' walls of the base (i. This holds the table to 'IS in correct position while said top is being extended or pushed back or closed. The extensions 13 by contacting as they do with both ends of the base 6 also serve to keep thebase from opening at the joints or spreading, and the corresponding depending member of the front molding tlf. ditionally helps in holding the base .6 together.

Secured preferably by nailsor screws. to,

the under side of the table top 8 inside of p in Fig. 1, 1t extends back under the cabinet top 7; The

firmly held in the a the, base 6 and adjacent each of the ends of said base, are the wooden strips 14, the rear ends of which by contacting with the rear wall of the base act as sto s to determine the backward movement 0 and the front ends of the strips 14 tacting with the front wall of the se ,6

the table top, i

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against inward movement except wish the ouiaer edge of the table cop isroised sci ficiently to clear the Wedges 16 of the front wall of the base 6. This is imsoriflen be cause it prevents the tabletop if-tom being pushed in accidentally thereby cousin are cles resting upon it to be pushed of? onic. the floor. v

I will preferably eonstriict my ielble top out of a plurality of narrow Wooden strips which are longitudinally grooved and dovetailed togethes' at their meeting edges in ihe" manner clearly illustrajzed in Figs?) and 5.; provides s molding-board which can This be washed and scraped to keep it clean with out any motel covering as is sometimes used, and without Wei-ping oi the top or opening up the joints. The molding 12 will be secured to the top, built up as above described, by means of finishing nails 16, of comparatively small diameter. The front molding will extend "across 01' lap the ends of the side moldings and to keep the meetingjoints of these moldingsfrom opening up by the swelling of 'tlie wooden strips out of which the main portion of the top is constructed I use thcibolt-s 18 which pcss' through the ends of the ,if-ront molding transversely as shown in Fig. l and extend longitudinally ofthe side moldings for enough into the latter to give a secure bearing for nuts 19 which are let therein. By means of the bolisand nuts the ends of the moldings are drewhclosely together and are securely heldin i close relation so time any expansion I of the body of the table top will cause the nails 16% bend or give in the grain of-wood holding" same allowing the moldings at the sides of the table top to move longibudinixlly'. Thus, instead of causing the joints to open Where the bolts are inserted any. variation between 'zthe width of -;the table top and lengths of the side moldings due to expansion or contract-ion of material of whichthey are made will be manifest at thereon edge of the fable-7bop where ihwill be hid under the top cabinet 7. By bolting the corners of the moldings together as above described a more secure holding means is provided by, the depending parts 13 of said moldings to keep the ends of the bese o from spreading; The heads of vthe boltsll are lei; in below the surface of the front molding and their emcee socheis will preferably be filled in with Wooden pings correspondingio the materiel and finish of the molding.

While I have described snd'fshown the table-$38 as not being covered, the practice of covering the mold-boards of kitchen cabinei's with sheet aluminum or other material is common. and maybe practiced with the present. invention.

owing 'thns fully described she inven 'iion' What is claimed as new and for which s patent is desired, is-- i, in a kitchen oebinet e base, on extension too covering the upper area of ihe base 4 and. slidingly mounted thereon, gcides to hold it in place upon she base, a cabin-lemon above. said bcsecnd means for'snp orting saicl'eehinei -iop from said base s cient-ly above the lather to permit seid'extension to to'slide thereunder;

,2. In a kitchen cabinet, chose, an extensionto covering the upper area of one base and slidingly mounted thereon and having edge moldings which project below the top end embrace the "wells of the base, e cabinettop above said base and means for support ing seid'cebineotop from said base smii cientiy above the letter 'to permit said extension top'io slide thereunder.

In a kitchen momm base, an extension top projecting in ores beyond the ends of the base and slidingly mounted thereon, a cabinet-top above said base, and motel lstes su pporting said cabinet-top from said see snfiiciently above the letter to permitseid extension top to slide freely thereunder, said plates being bent outwardly" around the projecting ends of the extension top to avoid interference therewith.

A kitchen cabinet ofthe character ids scribed.- comprising a base, a cabinetsuperstructure and connecting side members, the lsiter provided with transversely elnd out- Werdly'projecting corrugations, and an extension top adapted to moyetrsns'versely of said base in said corrugations.

5. A kitchen cabinet of he character de scribed comprising a base, st uctnre and connecting side members, the letter pi ovided with transversely and out: WBLI'CHF projecting corrug'e'tionsfen exten-. sion top adapted to move'transversely of said base in said corrugations, and ineens for limiting the'tifevel of said extension top.

6. A kitchen cabinet comprising a main table structn 'e having ,a forwardly sliding top, a pair of U-shapfed plates having their" lower arms secured to. oppositesid'es of the table structure. at the reex corners thereof beneath the top and their upper sides loosely overispping thereof cornersof the sliding top,cnd,e cabinet superstructure, secured to ihe upper arms of the fi shaped plates.

7. In a kitchen cabinet, is lower sti'ucfin re I resting ics 21185150013 2, second sieucinre a, cabinet superheld above said lower structure, an exten- In witness whereof, I have hereunto 'set sion top covering the upper area of said my hand and seal at Indianapolis, Indiana, 10 lower structure and adapted to slide between this 17th day of N oveinber A. D. one thousaid upper and lower structures, and supsand nine hundred and e1 ht.

porting means extendingoutwardly around JAMES S. McQ, INN. [L.s.] the edges ofsaul exten'slontop to hold said \vitnessesz I upper and lower structures apart and per- F. \V. VVOERNEH,

mil". free movement of said extension top. J. A. MIN'PURN. 

